react-native-start-activity-for-result

React Native implementation for Android's native startActivityForResult() and onActivityResult() methods. This can be used for integrations with other apps that require using the previously mentioned methods.

Usage

import startActivityForResult from 'react-native-start-activity-for-result';

startActivityForResult(returnKey, options);

Example

import startActivityForResult from 'react-native-start-activity-for-result';

export const openExternalAppAndGetToken = async (uri: string, extra: Object) => {
    const token = await startActivityForResult('external_app_token', {uri, extra});
    return token;
};

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
returnKey	string	The key used for getting data back from the launched app. The launched app has to use putExtra() method when returning data. More information here
options	Object	Options that can be passed to the lanched intent (below more information)
options.action	string	The used intent action (default value is Intent.ACTION_VIEW = "android.intent.action.VIEW"). See more information here.
options.uri	Uri	The data passed for the intent (uses Intent.setData(Uri data)).
options.extra	Object	All of the extras that are passed for the intent (uses Intent.putExtras(Bundle extras)).

More information about Android intents and their structure here.